Wildlife sightings - 12/05/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 17
Little ringed plover 2
Redshank 2
Lapwing 9 (+ 4 chicks)
Oystercatcher 2
Common tern 36
Black headed gull 2 (nest building)
Shoveler 4
Gadweall 3
Grey heron 26 (+ 30 young)
Shelduck 16
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 1
Shelduck 6
Shoveler 2
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch 6
Greenfinch 2
Long-tailed tit 2
Blackcap 1
Reed bunting 1
Saprrow Hawk 1
Jay 1
Wren 1
Other birds
*Lesser Whitethroat (seen 17:00 11/5/16 - Window on the Wear path)
Mute swan - 3 - Filter reedbed (2) and Wader Lake (1)
Kestrel - 1 - Old Oak Meadow
Reed warbler - 2 - Round table ponds
Sedge warbler - 3 - Wader Lake (1) and River Reedbed (2)
Willow Warbler - 10 - Site count
Common whitethroat - 4 - Site count
Chiffchaff - 16 - Site count
House Martin - 3 - Over site
Other wildlife and flora
Tadpoles developing well
Orange tip butterfly
Speckled wood peacock butterfly
Red clover
